Mary Dalton (back row, far left) poses with some of her many 'pretend children' and 'pretend grans,' several of whom are members of the Belmont Church on Music Row.

Written by

Knight Stivender
| The Tennessean

On Mother's Day, this is not an ode to motherhood. It's a toast to sisterhood - to the "other mothers" who play Barbie on the floor if we're not Barbie-on-the-floor moms, who take dorm room calls to discuss the meaning of life if we're not meaning-of-life moms. Who've come over with a Stouffer's lasagna and a half-drunk box of wine if we've not been to the store in two weeks and are this close to pouring everyone a bowl of stale, milkless cereal.

"You don't have to be every woman. And the woman who thinks she can be will be exhausted or heavily medicated," said Cindy Wall, marketing and development ...